Christian Marriage and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: The Role of the Church. Anglican Church of Nigeria in Focus

African culture allow for marriage as one of their pre-requisite of  being a responsible person. It is also one of the most Important laws of God. Marriage is the divine union of opposite sex by God Himself. This is the basis of our human existence. The aim of this paper is to look unto Christian marriage both monogamy and polygamy, the paper will also examine the role of the church of God in curbing the menanse called HIV/AIDS in our society. The saying of the philosophers will be looked into about the socio-religious  phenomenon call marriage. It will also x-ray the social and religious importance of Christian marriage. It was discovered that there are some negative and adverse effect of polygamy, HIV/AIDS in the course of marriage, all these, this paper will examine. The role of the church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) in curbing this pandemic disease call HIV/AIDS shall be discussed in this paper the re-appraisal of HIV/AIDS in our society shall be done. The key experience, lesson and challenges discussed in the conference of Anglican churches of Nigeria in 2005 about HIV/AIDS problems shall be let loose. Lastly, recommendation will be giving to aid solving the problem of the disease call HIV/AIDS

The Relevance of African Concept of Theological Understanding of the Cross: Towards African Christian Theology

This paper started with Paul s idea on the meaning of the cross The author tries to look at the teaching of Paul on the meaning of the cross and briefly looking at the modern view of the event on the cross He also X-ray the contribution of African culture in throwing high on the context of Africa on the matter of the cross and the understanding of African culture in atonement In this paper the author also exposed the belief of African s on the matter regarding death as a positive and fulfillment of life The shedding of the blood of Christ may be seen as throwing high and strengthening the community through their ancestor On the whole as Paul s understanding of the cross expressed in the context of his Jewish background so the gospel must be expressed in terms of the culture of African

A Review of the Efficiency of Alternative Feed Sources for Cultured Catfish Species in Nigeria

The African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, is a major cultured food fish in Nigeria because of its fast growth, good feed conversion, hardiness, and high market value. However, one of the problems facing catfish production is the high cost of fish feed caused by the escalating cost of fishmeal, the main protein source in fish feeds. In Nigeria, the raw material for fish feed formulation such as under-utilized “trash” fish, groundnut cake, palm kernel cake and soybeans are becoming increasingly expensive. The sustainability of the catfish culture industry, therefore, depends on reducing the fishmeal content of fish feeds by finding alternative protein sources of good nutritional quality that are readily available and more cost effective than fishmeal. Keywords: Cultured Catfish Species, Alternative Feed Sources DOI: 10.7176/JBAH/13-16-03 Publication date:September 30th 2023

Effects of nitrogen levels and harvest ferquency on the growth and leaf quality of moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam) in Sudan Savanna of nigeria

Field experiment was conducted under irrigation at teaching and research farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Bayero University Kano, during 2011/2012 dry season to investigate the effects of different nitrogen levels and harvest frequency on growth and leaf quality of Moringa (Moringa oleifera (Lam)). The treatments consisted of four levels of nitrogen (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg N ha-1) and three times of harvest frequency (2, 3, and 4 weeks). These were arranged in a split plot design with the nitrogen levels allocated to the main plots while the harvest frequency allocated to the sub plots and replicated four times. The data collected were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) using GenStat and significant different means were separated using DMRT. The result shows that application of nitrogen significantly (P<0.05) increase plant height, number of leaflets plant-1, plant stem diameter, number of branches plant-1, fresh and dry weights plant-1. Generally, the growth characters assessed gave maximum value with 150 kg N ha-1 treatment. At first harvest highest protein content of the leaf was also obtained with the higher Nitrogen level (150 kg N ha-1), highest Magnesium was obtained with 100 kg N ha-1 while highest quantity of phosphorus and potassium were obtained with 50 kg N ha-1. The increase in harvest frequency significantly (P<0.05) increased dry leaf quality of Moringa with the highest protein quality obtained from 4 weeks harvest frequency. Nitrogen and harvest frequency interaction was found to be significant (P<0.05) on dry leaf quality of Moringa.Keywords: Moringa, nitrogen, harvest frequency and leaf qualit

Morphological and molecular characterisation of Aporcelaimellus nigeriensis sp. n. (Dorylaimida: Aporcelaimidae), a remarkable dorylaim from Nigeria

Published online: 08 Sep 2020A new species of Aporcelaimellus, collected in a watermelon field in Nigeria, is described, including its morphological and molecular (D2-D3 28S-rDNA, 18r-DNA) characterisation. Aporcelaimellus nigeriensis sp. n. is distinguishable by its 2.76-3.55 mm length, very coarse ventral body pores, lip region offset by deep constriction and 24-27 μm broad odontostyle 30-36 μm long at its dorsal and 28-31 μm at its ventral side, neck 648-779 μm long, pharyngeal expansion occupying 54-60% of total neck length, uterus 300-473 μm or 2.1-3.2 body diam. long and tripartite, V = 49-54, tail short and convex conoid (27-41 μm, c = 72-115, c′ = 0.5-0.7), spicules 108-137 μm long, and 9-10 spaced ventromedian supplements with hiatus. LSU analysis revealed a close relationship of A. nigeriensis sp. n. with other Aporcelaimellus species and questioned, once more, the monophyly of Aporcelaimidae. SSU phylogenetic tree was not able to resolve the relationship between the new species and other closely related species

Measurement of the cross section for isolated-photon plus jet production in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV using the ATLAS detector

The dynamics of isolated-photon production in association with a jet in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV are studied with the ATLAS detector at the LHC using a dataset with an integrated luminosity of 3.2 fb−1. Photons are required to have transverse energies above 125 GeV. Jets are identified using the anti- algorithm with radius parameter and required to have transverse momenta above 100 GeV. Measurements of isolated-photon plus jet cross sections are presented as functions of the leading-photon transverse energy, the leading-jet transverse momentum, the azimuthal angular separation between the photon and the jet, the photon–jet invariant mass and the scattering angle in the photon–jet centre-of-mass system. Tree-level plus parton-shower predictions from Sherpa and Pythia as well as next-to-leading-order QCD predictions from Jetphox and Sherpa are compared to the measurements

A search for resonances decaying into a Higgs boson and a new particle X in the XH → qqbb final state with the ATLAS detector

A search for heavy resonances decaying into a Higgs boson (H) and a new particle (X) is reported, utilizing 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data at collected during 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The particle X is assumed to decay to a pair of light quarks, and the fully hadronic final state is analysed. The search considers the regime of high XH resonance masses, where the X and H bosons are both highly Lorentz-boosted and are each reconstructed using a single jet with large radius parameter. A two-dimensional phase space of XH mass versus X mass is scanned for evidence of a signal, over a range of XH resonance mass values between 1 TeV and 4 TeV, and for X particles with masses from 50 GeV to 1000 GeV. All search results are consistent with the expectations for the background due to Standard Model processes, and 95% CL upper limits are set, as a function of XH and X masses, on the production cross-section of the resonance

Searches for lepton-flavour-violating decays of the Higgs boson in s=13\sqrt{s}=13 TeV pp\mathit{pp} collisions with the ATLAS detector

This Letter presents direct searches for lepton flavour violation in Higgs boson decays, H → eτ and H → μτ , performed with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The searches are based on a data sample of proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy √s = 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb−1. No significant excess is observed above the expected background from Standard Model processes. The observed (median expected) 95% confidence-level upper limits on the leptonflavour-violating branching ratios are 0.47% (0.34+0.13−0.10%) and 0.28% (0.37+0.14−0.10%) for H → eτ and H → μτ , respectively.publishedVersio

Combination of searches for Higgs boson pairs in pp collisions at \sqrts = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

This letter presents a combination of searches for Higgs boson pair production using up to 36.1 fb(-1) of proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy root s = 13 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The combination is performed using six analyses searching for Higgs boson pairs decaying into the b (b) over barb (b) over bar, b (b) over barW(+)W(-), b (b) over bar tau(+)tau(-), W+W-W+W-, b (b) over bar gamma gamma and W+W-gamma gamma final states. Results are presented for non-resonant and resonant Higgs boson pair production modes. No statistically significant excess in data above the Standard Model predictions is found. The combined observed (expected) limit at 95% confidence level on the non-resonant Higgs boson pair production cross-section is 6.9 (10) times the predicted Standard Model cross-section. Limits are also set on the ratio (kappa(lambda)) of the Higgs boson self-coupling to its Standard Model value. This ratio is constrained at 95% confidence level in observation (expectation) to -5.0 &lt; kappa(lambda) &lt; 12.0 (-5.8 &lt; kappa(lambda) &lt; 12.0). In addition, limits are set on the production of narrow scalar resonances and spin-2 Kaluza-Klein Randall-Sundrum gravitons. Exclusion regions are also provided in the parameter space of the habemus Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model and the Electroweak Singlet Model. For complete list of authors see http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135103</p

Search for flavour-changing neutral currents in processes with one top quark and a photon using 81 fb⁻¹ of pp collisions at \sqrts = 13 TeV with the ATLAS experiment

A search for flavour-changing neutral current (FCNC) events via the coupling of a top quark, a photon, and an up or charm quark is presented using 81 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Events with a photon, an electron or muon, a b-tagged jet, and missing transverse momentum are selected. A neural network based on kinematic variables differentiates between events from signal and background processes. The data are consistent with the background-only hypothesis, and limits are set on the strength of the tqγ coupling in an effective field theory. These are also interpreted as 95% CL upper limits on the cross section for FCNC tγ production via a left-handed (right-handed) tuγ coupling of 36 fb (78 fb) and on the branching ratio for t→γu of 2.8×10−5 (6.1×10−5). In addition, they are interpreted as 95% CL upper limits on the cross section for FCNC tγ production via a left-handed (right-handed) tcγ coupling of 40 fb (33 fb) and on the branching ratio for t→γc of 22×10−5 (18×10−5). © 2019 The Author(s